Lesson with Levy (GothamChess)!! | Converting Winning Positions, Part 1 | GM Naroditsky

[@akamai4life]

Danya, just wanna say congrats on the NYTimes puzzle column. Everyone, please check it out! You deserve all the accolades and recognition for your astute and approachable instruction. You always balance the didactic with the entertaining and I'm very excited to see what you do with the column. Also, really appreciate you highlighting Josh Waitzkin in the first puzzle; I've admired him for years and see a tremendous affinity between his ethos and your teaching style. Ever Onward and Upward, Sensei!

[@LegendaryGauntlet]

Saw that news today too. Congrats Danya ! Hope you'll still find time to do live comments as you are the best chess commentator of all time, being able to transcend the game to epic levels.

[@swift8821]

Imagine being able to access this high quality content for absolutely free. What an amazing time to live in.

[@Tyler-ni1om]

What’s a naro video without a top comment like this lol

[@matthewcortecero703]

imagine what capitalism does to make us feel like that is special, a public utility paid and developed by & for the public.

[@BerniPro]

you're paying for this with your data and ad sense. we'll have to be careful and see in the next decade or two, if that is a path we want to have walked as a community. don't get me wrong, i still like those videos, but i'm a little bit on my toes right now for what's to come

[@GardenChess]

EnerGizer While your data won’t be completely not accessed it helps to watch KZbin videos through duck duck go if you didn’t know (I’m not trying to be a human ad I’m just trying to help out)

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

@@matthewcortecero703 - You can't honestly think you have the right to somebody else's labor...

[@chess]

This is awesome! Two brilliant instructors! 😄

[@truegame142]

stop replying as a company, who is this ?

[@theideaguy4532]

@@truegame142 😂😂😂 yo chill

[@johnnyboy5073]

@@truegame142 obviously you don't know what networking is and a social media manager and a content marketer is stay in school bud you need it lol

[@parshwaprajapati3403]

Lichess is better

[@danielyuan9862]

@@truegame142 it's verified lmfao

[@Doc92IDH]

Danya only ever beating 3 2700+ players is one hell of an eye-opener of how difficult classical is at the highest level. That's crazy.

[@loganashby2695]

This is peak content, love both of these guys! Danya's teaching with Levy's humor is PERFECT

[@Shome2049]

Levy's humor..... I like your humor

[@sleepcycle8032]

Oh man, excited for this one! Fire content recently Daniel and also great first puzzle on NYT, looking forward to doing more of them!

[@Jartran72]

It is actually a Study I think

[@ziyadzahid5432]

Where to get that puzzle on nyt? Link pls

[@nichm7318]

This is it. This is the one. I know you're both busy with your individual success', but I hope for many more collaborations between you two in the future. The dynamic is as quality as I had imagined. Thanks Danya & Levy. (on the low, maybe some bts talks on series ideas & scheduling would hopefully be happening sometime)

[@trashorfire3191]

in all seriousness, Levy trained himself based on fear and he relies on it too much for guidance. Danya comes from the russian school of chess so fear was never an option.

[@trequor]

That statement should be cringe, but it is ridiculously accurate tbh

[@LiteralCats]

Ngl this sounds like some jedi stuff.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@LiteralCats It’s cringe

[@tristanbass-krueger7195]

What does that mean trained himself based on fear? I dont know levys story.

[@Updog89]

@@trequor Cringe and accuracy aren’t mutually exclusive! I feel like many things make us cringe because of how painfully true they are 😅

[@sztrlb123]

I love how Levy from whom I learned lots of things in chess, is himself getting trained by a GM.

[@starship1701]

Wow, this guy you're teaching today really has talent. I bet after a few years of training he could break 1600.

[@Jamm3z133]

Maybe even 161660?

[@mouwersor]

Wow, never seen that joke before..

[@doingthework737]

​@@mouwersorbah humbug.

[@David.Buckheister]

This is a great potential series. Would love to see this type of video with you and John Bartholomew

[@Wingspan183]

John + Danya would be unreal

[@trashorfire3191]

finally, someone can teach levy chess! danya is truly too kind

[@szymongaeski7862]

finally, some GM had shown him respect

[@MK-yt3ct]

Oh man. I love these coaching session videos. I can pause the video and learn along with your student. Would love to see one of these with Sagar Shah as well. Keep doing your thing Danya

[@nomer440]

I love Naroditsky and that’s why I’d like to see the cameras bigger than that humongous GM Daniel Naroditsky banner.

[@WWEFAN952]

This was awesome. Its amazing to see even though levy is a IM and would plow through any of us casuals in a game, that there is still so much of a gap left to reach gm, and that he has so much to learn relative to dani. Love this.

[@trequor]

Worth remembering too that Daniel is a teacher just as much as he is a chess player... he is almost unique among GMs for this attribute. Like despite the fact that he is objectively a weaker player than dozens and dozens of other GMs, he can still *explain* the game of chess better than pretty much anyone.

[@ethanl.1699]

@@trequor objectively weaker against maybe the top 100. Naroditsky is definitely one of the stronger GMs in history and today

[@sashaboydcom]

@@ethanl.1699 I think dozens and dozens covers the top one hundred...

[@hellopleychess3190]

Danya, I love your chess puzzles in the NYTimes articles, they involve interesting comments by you, I'm glad to have such insight!

[@TipsyFlipper]

This was beautiful. Seeing GM giving so much to IM. A warrior working to create stronger opponents for himself

[@dillonmrose]

I can’t believe you guys did this for my gf’a bday. What a treat! Her 2 favorite KZbinrs together.

[@amongusdrip8635]

Been waiting for part 2 lol

[@natasha1537]

I love it when we get to basically join a pro coaching session. Danya always brings such interesting exercises.

[@littlebumgorf]

I’ve been waiting for this very collab for so long! Danya is a skilled teacher and his calm, wholesome demeanor is well-suited to teach Levy. I hope you guys continue meeting up - even if it doesn’t necessarily get turned into content.

[@silentguitarplayer6430]

Excellent video! The "na hudoi konets" part made my day LOL!!!:))))

[@gabe2349]

I really enjoy when Danya has lessons with other streamers because it illustrates the skills gap between an IM and a GM. Levy has forgotten more about chess than I will ever know, and seeing stuff like this really makes you understand how impressive it is to get to the level that Danya is at.

[@arryjones1527]

It’s funny how Daniel makes Levy look like a noob… Both good youtubers, but Daniel is much better at teaching and always impresses with his enthusiasm.

[@theresnothinghere59]

Daniel makes everybody look like a noob

[@TheThermalheat]

Absolutely loved this video and this format. I hope to see more collaborations with other content creators in the future

[@BlanBlan19901990]

Imagine being so good at chess that you can give lessons to international masters. Damn.

[@witheringhs7766]

imagine making enough money that you could afford to pay danya and get him to agree to let you record it

[@meowcat5596]

Levy/Levi is a very weak IM, almost FM level. He is in the lower tier.

[@ammster1234]

@@witheringhs7766 levy and Danya are really good friends. Both are streaming and also both get to put half the video on each other’s KZbin. So it’s a lucrative collab for both of them. I doubt Danya charged levy

[@overratedprogrammer]

@@witheringhs7766 Naroditsky is one of the most popular high level chess influencers, definitely didn't pay to collab lol

[@witheringhs7766]

@OverRatedProgrammer you've completely missed the point... by your logic imagine getting danya to teach you for free AND letting you record AND post it.

[@yesyes300]

My favorite youtubers collaborating withother. I couldn't ask for more

[@timseguine2]

I am often in positions which I think are winning(and importantly afterward the engine agrees), but I don't know how to make progress, and then end up blundering or slowly giving away my advantage. This discussion was helpful even though the positions are above my level.

[@randomguy9084]

Always love when my 2 fav chesstubers collab

[@maedhros9285]

You're my favourite chess youtubers, this is absolutely great content. If I may give you an advice for whenever you do this again (hopefully soon), I think it would be good for the lower rated players if you recapped each puzzle after it is done, simply explaining the right moves and why the final position is winning. Although the main appeal of this concept is that we see how you and Levy think, which worked out greatly, it is still difficult to understand the puzzles themselves because when Levy starts talking, we don't even know if his solution is correct or incorrect. (I'm 1750 rapid so this issue should probably affect most of Levy's audience...

[@TheRealBlueSwan]

Agreed. A runthrough of the puzzle/study for us mere mortals at the end of each would be great.

[@indigochild2.098]

this was really insightful and fun. my next push is for 800 elo, been playing around 3months im obsessed aha! i know this is way beyond my strength but its still fascinating to watch an IM and GMs thought process!

[@GMBethHarmon]

Both of you guys rock, and we need more of these collabs to freshen up the KZbin/Twitch chess scene.

[@divra_]

What are you doing here Beth?

[@GMBethHarmon]

@@divra_ Making sure Danya has no errors in his vids, obviously. 👀

[@rohithjacob4699]

Just a beautiful Collab..hope u guys pump these up often...i believe we can see a massive improvement in levy s future OTB games.. God bless you Danya for helping our dear levy 😃

[@jamesmanne-nicholas142]

The collab the world deserved and needed

[@trent797]

Great video! Also credit to Levy for taking a lesson on stream. It definitely isn't easy to take a chess lesson with the whole world watching.

[@leandroonishi5600]

I love to see how fast a super gm thinks. The level gap is so big! Im loving this collab, so educational and so cool to see u two in the same video!🙌

[@Bankai2169]

Danya isn’t a super gm

[@D0rlisok]

@@Bankai2169 true but he’s a strong gm

[@Bankai2169]

@@D0rlisok Absolutely! He’s my favorite chess KZbinr and a strong gm. Just not a super gm

[@leandroonishi5600]

@@Bankai2169 sorry man, i thought he was, my bad

[@mouwersor]

@@Bankai2169 he frequently goes toe to toe with super GMs in shorter time control tho

[@sillynapalm]

Love the collab, love the vid. Subbed and liked. Great work, Danya.

[@alexanderlane7863]

I love the idea of this series. It would be great to Levy improve and become a GM one day. If I could give some constructive criticism, I would be appreciative if you could put the moves on the board for us beginners. It would also be good to hear the full thinking process from levy to see how he breaks down these puzzles. These things are obvious for the two of you, but not for beginners and intermediates, so I think it would bring value to your less skilled viewers. Great to see my two favourite content creators doing this collab!

[@kevantatum8724]

Great content!! Thank you both for posting this!!

[@nathanhilker8058]

Leonid Stein was an incredible attacker and a model example for Converting Winning Positions. I've never seen a game collection at the highest level with so many quick and ruthless victories.

[@Gretchaninov]

Awesome video! Two of the best streamers teaching and learning. Very cool.

[@lordoffortuneladies2755]

Absolutely loved this piece ❤you two are so amazing together, please consider doing more of this in the future

[@benH215]

Fantastic video. Very much looking forward to more of these!

[@lindamolinares499]

Congrats on becoming the New York Times' chess columnist!! That's amazing

[@aidn5965]

This is incredible! Also love the thumbnail 😂

[@topnotch3232]

The top 2 ranked 9 year olds in the country decided to meet up how sweet

[@frozenbroccolii4933]

That was hella entertaining. Want many more of this!

[@Marcel123123123]

Awsome , i allways love a colab, i know how hard u work so i love that u took ur time for such videos ! TY much love

[@Hanqy]

When i want learn chess, i watch danya, and when i need an entertaining chess content, i watch levy’s video. Really exciting to have this

[@vladuchoo]

Levi's training video made me subscribe to Daniel's channel. The combination is just perfect.

[@DrummerTF1]

Danya, when you’re doing studies such as this one or your endgame studies, would it be possible to put the position FEN in the description so perhaps viewers could play around with the position and learn alongside? I usually split screen your videos and an analysis board to try to learn, but it can become tedious setting up every position and having the video paused. Just a thought and by no means necessary. Thanks for your great content!

[@jamesfrazier4005]

Daniel is the best intermediate to higher level chess teacher on KZbin, Levy is the best beginner to intermediate teacher. Them two together is just amazing

[@chessmaster-f1r]

Exactly

[@ajaybenjamin3087]

Never saw this video sensei. I gained 300 points this year because of you both hopefully I can gain another 300 points this year.

[@BdoggG18]

Danya is amazingly humble. Even though Danya is higher rated by a big shot he still says “it’s an honor” to Levy.

[@ap4_]

Great collab, thanks

[@inafridge8573]

2:03 me analyzing this position for 10 minutes, thinking yeah this is a really challenging posiiton, and then they it wasn't even the one he was talking about.

[@joakimquensel597]

Great content. But would be even better for us lower rated players if you could show the lines you are discussing with some arrows on the board.

[@god0fgames100]

Yeah I barely understood anything here

[@KnightToRemember]

No it’s not better for you at all, during a real game you’re not going to be able to make arrows, you have to train your visualization instead of just passive learning

[@pianissimo7121]

I think it's better to take a real board or atleast open a new tab and play it yourself. Trust me it will not only help understanding but eventually you will be able to follow them.

[@eel9]

Best to try to visualize. Maybe pause the video for a while

[@demianschultz3749]

And slower please for us mortals

[@DavidMoreharts]

Best two guys in the game

[@grantallen7597]

More with Levi plz :)

[@almightyhydra]

Some parallels with bridge. Sometimes you have to attack suits, set up tricks. Other times it's fine to sit back, the tricks aren't going anywhere, don't give anything away.

[@robdubent]

as a 2000 rated player I've learned more from this than anything. We need more of these!!!!!! Edit... THIS IS THE CONTENT I WANT MORE OF AS A SEMI-SERIOUS PLAYER!!!!

[@rohithjacob4699]

For me personally it was too high level..i didn't tried to solve the puzzles because i just wanted to enjoy the show ;)... Btw how many puzzles u got right?

[@NidusFormicarum]

The same. In the first one, I missed Re1 in that line just like Levy. In the last one...well, first of all I didn't consider...a6, and then also, I wanted to go... Qa8 instead of...ba. It's not easy to realize that you can afford to be patient sometimes. I'm about 1900, by the way.

[@Vandalgia]

@@rohithjacob4699 I mean as a low rated player you don't necessarily have to be able to solve the puzzle. The logic Danya teaches here is the more important lesson.

[@JM_-ix7yh]

really? more than books or self study?

[@robdubent]

@@rohithjacob4699 Honestly I only got part of ONE of these puzzles. I found the first few moves.

[@TheQuicksilver115]

I'm just getting started and already fanboying hard af this is amazing lol

[@legueu]

More of this, more of this!

[@vivekdahiya9297]

Levy looking like a student here. Sensei Danya!🏅

[@DarkLightning96]

Two of my favourite chess instructors collaboarting, awesome 😁

[@thomasanthony7652]

I found all of them but the last one I didn't find, absolutely awesome ...a6!!. Hi Daniel great content today. It would be cool if you did videos like this one more often (not necessarily collabs though)

[@JohSmith]

I love seeing "part1" in the title, that means we gonna get another video! 😁

[@CarlOfHoly]

This would make a fantastic series if possible!!!

[@AltCtrlSpud]

Ah yes Levi Roseman

[@ignis6144]

Lmao

[@aoliya107]

Levi is extremely entertaining glad he is here today

[@aoliya107]

have to say Leewai served a huge role in developing chess popularity

[@meowcat5596]

Twinkman

[@Radiant26]

Wooo I love this Colab, I watch both channels so I'm looking forward to this.

[@Axame1]

Really good video! If i can give you criticism, it would be nice if you would draw arrows for us mortals to help follow what you're calculating

[@yesyes300]

i love how you wrote ,,#Levi" in the description

[@calebtodd7667]

I adore this thumbnail

[@frankungerer2569]

Respectfully as a fan of both Gotham and Danya, this video feels like a content creator versus a chess teacher.

[@kaushikkvasan5607]

for 3:23 , my guess is Qxe5 exd, Be6 Nxe6 , f7 Kxf7, Rd7 Check

[@kdpsimplified1560]

The wax on wax off reference to sensei miyagi in the thumbnail is funny😂

[@Nino-bu9mj]

love this collab. better than hikarum because he's always belittling levy

[@mouwersor]

Maybe levy will now gain some of Daniel his wholesomeness instead of absorbing Hikaru's toxicity..

[@markhathaway9456]

1 mating attack is given, but on your own, are you attracted to attacking for mate? 2 look at ideas, move sequences, attack & defense, etc 3 put it together into THE concrete variation you can play with confidence

[@Jessi.Z.H_17]

This is the content 👌🏼

[@Algos_TV]

Amazing !!!! Love you both

[@peterflom6878]

Problems that are hard for Levy are going to way beyond me but it's fun and educational to watch the process.

[@anmax]

Danya’s love for chess is almost palpable

[@Vikashyadav-pt7lr]

My two favs in single frame❤️

[@Noko099]

Omg. Sensei and Gotham together. What else can we ask for?

[@frozenbroccolii4933]

The day on which danya and gotham collab is the best day

[@elab4d140]

8:37 look at daniel's eyes while calculating 😮😮

[@survivorsa5923]

loved the lesson, want more of this if that's possible

[@bradharper641]

Great great video I have learned a lot from this more videos with levy please

[@anonymous37999]

In puzzul number 2, night to F6 check if moves the king Qween to h7 chekmate.

[@karemmohamed1626]

Was waiting for you to complete it

[@lakshyabang4254]

Was more excited for this than Stranger things S04 Vol 2 😅

[@bloodcake1337]

I feel like everytime Levy talks about Danya he mentions that they were at some point equally strong players as kids and to this day it sounds like Levy is a bit mad about him being left behind. Dont get me wrong he made it way further then Danya on social media and stuff, and probably makes way more money but its still comes across that hes still a tiny bit jealous about it :DD

[@Updog89]

Levy has insinuated that he is mad at himself for that choice, but at the same time it’s hard to argue it was the wrong thing because in the end Levy is very successful! If he’d had a career as a competitive grandmaster he may never have turned to teaching or KZbin, and he’d basically be living a totally different life.

[@GsusChrist12]

Danya! Just FYI it would be AMAZING if you could paste the PGN links in the video description so we could follow along at home or do our own analysis of the position--thanks for more amazing content!

[@GsusChrist12]

Or post it to a tier on your patreon page :)

[@DanielNaroditskyGM]

Yep, preparing that now! I've started posting PGNs on the Patreon.

[@GsusChrist12]

@@DanielNaroditskyGM thanks so much!!

[@unwisebobcat624]

I support this, let’s get this man to GM

[@nishchalnaik2123]

We need more of these content its wonderfull

[@eboatwright_]

14:59 In this position, is Rxd6 good? Sacrificing the rook for black's only "real" defending piece? Then following up with Nf6 and if Bxf6, then gxf and go for Qg7#? (P.S. I'm 1180 so this might be a dumb question)

[@oishiine6781]

I thought this too, but after the queen recaptures, Qxd6, Nf6+ Bxf6, gxf6 Qxf6 and white is out of threats and simply losing.

[@eboatwright_]

@@oishiine6781 Yeah, I'm 1590 now and see this. Thanks for your answer!

[@oishiine6781]

@@eboatwright_ Np! And that's a great rating climb, keep it up!

[@eboatwright_]

@@oishiine6781 Thank you!

[@gjoe3756]

Daniel: "Its a honor to be doing this" Levy: "Stop it" Me: XD

[@eulefranz944]

Oh my god I totally forgot the kramnik ding press conference thanks for the yearly reminder

[@Creativechessyoda]

I seen you get your queen back at first second! :)

[@Joe-zu7lx]

Is this part 2? Anyway very good